540 examples of tiptoed in sentences

Silently, I tiptoed to the doorway, and peeped out.

" Timidly the men tiptoed past the place where the "medicine" had been.

With a gesture to the nurse, the doctor tiptoed out, muttering to Clifton, as he passed, some word of warning or casual instruction.

Just then a bell tinkled, and after looking at one another in silent consternation for a moment, the Major tiptoed stealthily to the front door, followed by the others.

The Major watched for several minutes, in silent but amazed exultation; then he tiptoed softly to his room to smoke a cigar and wait until his daughter was at liberty to hear his great news and explain her own adventures.

Since I came to live by the field one of these has tiptoed above the gully of the creek, beckoning the procession from the hills, as if in fact they would make back toward that skyward-pointing finger of granite on the opposite range, from which, according to the legend, when they were bad Indians and it a great chief, they ran away.

" The maiden stole in with averted eyes and tiptoed to the windowthat window.

She slipped to the floor without waking Bobby and softly tiptoed from the room.

The Seventeen Little Bears tiptoed very softly out of bed, and "pitter-patter, pitter-patter" went their little feet down the stairs.

The boy tiptoed softly into his room and sat down on his bed in the moonlight.

He tiptoed over the traitorous boards of the landing, and slowly turned the knob of a door in the end wall.

His uncle came upon them one morning, rubbed his chin meditatively for a moment, and laughed for the first time, so far as known, in his lifetime; then he tiptoed to his own apartments, lest Billythe lazy young rascal was still abed in the next roomshould awaken and discover his knowledge of this act of flat rebellion.

"You put some spirit into that!" said the doctor, after he and Mary had tiptoed out of the room; "a little of the spirit in keeping with a dark-eyed girl who lives in the land of the Eternal Painter.

She tiptoed into the room, and sat down on the floor, and looked at the back of the chair in utter distress.

The door opened, cautiously, the Professor tiptoed in, followed by Ardelia, with a tray.

He tiptoed to the fireplace with exaggerated caution, looking theatrically over his shoulder for a pursuer.

When the moon came up from behind the Galenas, across the canyon, the girl tiptoed into the house, to bend over the sleeping woman, in tender solicitude.

He was already asleep when she tiptoed into the room.

Something drew her to the alcove window, which was raised; through the lace curtains she saw the staff of the family flag set in its iron socket at right angles to the facadesaw the silken folds stirring lazily in the sunshine, tiptoed to the window and peered out.

Very softly I tiptoed to the door and suddenly flung it open.

He tiptoed across to the bench and pointed to the script beneath the plate.

They tiptoed out and closed the door behind them softly.

As Mr. Weiss tiptoed into the chamber, a womanthe one who had spoken to me belowrose from a chair by the bedside and quietly left the room by a second door.

Arthur Miles, you stay where you are" She tiptoed forward and peered within.

More stealthy than any cat, I tiptoed toward the chairand, indeed, at that moment I blessed the sudden yowl set up by some feline in its wrath which rent the still night air and effectually drowned any sound which I might make.

540 examples of  tiptoed  in sentences